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You are right, this should be common sense, but then again the points rewarded for reviews kind of marginalize the credibility of each post. So it comes down to the community members claiming that the review was "Not Helpful" so that the review can be marked as spam, and then (I think) the user will not be awarded the points for their review. I understand that an in-depth insightful review takes time and effort, but for the sake of every snowboarder out there please make the effort!

i think it depends though about reviewing you're friends gear. My brother and i swap boards and bindings all the time. i can honestly give a good review on his forum destroyer (once i get off my lazy ass). you dont necessarily have to own something to give it a good review. case in point are brand demo days. like doug said you just have to give it an honest review based on your experience of a board and its capabilities based on the conditions you used it on.

i think it depends though about reviewing you're
friends gear. My brother and i swap boards and bindings all the time. i
can honestly give a good review on his forum destroyer (once i get off
my lazy ass). you dont necessarily have to own something to give it a
good review. case in point are brand demo days. like doug said you just
have to give it an honest review based on your experience of a board and
its capabilities based on the conditions you used it on.

That's fine if you rode it, but a ton of these reviews it's my friend bought this board and it looks awesome! No joke...they didn't even ride the board yet they're still reviewing it.

You know I really love the reviews of womens products on this site. There's a lot where the bf/husband/significant other writes it and contributes nothing but she likes the graphics and she didn't fall or she didn't complain about the cold. It's the first board I purchased for her and she loves it.

How is that a legitimate review? I hate reviews like that because I know these guys will never use the product and have no first hand knowledge of said product.

It just boggles my mind how people do not understand the concept of a review. I mean...seriously...I just can't understand.

You know I really love the reviews of womens products on this site. There's a lot where the bf/husband/significant other writes it and contributes nothing but she likes the graphics and she didn't fall or she didn't complain about the cold. It's the first board I purchased for her and she loves it.

How is that a legitimate review? I hate reviews like that because I know these guys will never use the product and have no first hand knowledge of said product.

Haha, I agree! It's always she likes the pretty color, she didn't complain, she loves it, I bought it for her, blah blah. They could at least get more input from their girls because I do on my brothers' gears.

You don't have to buy something from trusnow to write a review about it, that's absurd. If you own the product, no matter where you got it from, you can write a review about it because you have experience with it. It's not like the products trusnow sells are different.

Thank You (captain obvious) to those who state "You dont have to buy from Trusnow to post a review".

The Point is that you need to be posting a quality, informative review that actually helps others decide on a particular product.

The point I was trying to make was that in addition to weak/junk reviews, we also have way too many reviews that are vague and not helpful from people who have somehow come in contact with said product but coincidentally have never made a purchase from Trusnow EVER.

Believe me, it is quite obvious when someone is posting a BS review just to gain site points.

I actually don't mind reviews for those if they are good and descriptive because I bought 5 different pairs of socks from here and I am truly disappointed in them and it doesn't help that people were only saying "good socks!" "warm socks!" "dry socks!"

yeah, there is really a need for this, lve been seeing crappy reviews for some time and flagging them. But its so overwhelming that l cant flag them fast enough. MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD MAKE ME A EXPERT for flagging =).

Pppl really need to stop taking advantage of the free stuff because it will come back at you and you will lose your points and sooner, the ability to even write/post reviews and posts

@ angrymidget Yo
What sort of things are you looking for in a review for socks?
Socks are socks...what more can you say about them?

Well from what I can see from the socks that I bought and if I knew they were like this then I wouldn't have bought them. The Burton is thick and warm so I give it that but it does have a lint problem after its first use and mind you it wasn't even after a wash plus the fit seems tight at first but at the end of the day, the sock is pulled all the way down and I don't have thin legs either. The Wigwams and Snow Pros had awesome reviews so I bought a few different pairs, they're thin as hell and aren't even warm plus they slip off like crazy because the fitting is so huge. People's reviews just seems to be too generic and saying things that have already been said and leaving out descriptive things that may affect a person's decision to buy the product. I would like to see more negative reviews because all this glorified positive reviews are all a sham.

Personally, I think the most effective reviews are negative ones about the product, althought not all the time. It would be nice if everone talked about even the little things (ie. thickness of socks for example) Because what some people like, others might not.

Kool, thank's for the reply, learned something new. There is also a reply to users review, can possibly ask them a question there. You might not get a reply but worth a shot?
You two with the wigwams can now review the socks haha Alert the future consumers.
As for a good pair of socks, I use the Underamour Snow socks. they're not too bad. Fairly warm, a little thick, they stay on your leg and don't drop down to your ankles. They do however stretch out at the feet after a while. They wick which is good and not at the same time. What ends up happening is the moisture gets soaked into your boot lining instead.. then it just starts to smell. Happened to me when it go wet in my boot somehow.. melted snow i'm presuming.
Thought I'd give that out there since we were talking bout socks.

My favorite review: This board is so sick I will let you guys know what I think once I actually get to ride it.

Originally posted by nautika96

i think it depends though about reviewing you're friends gear. My brother and i swap boards and bindings all the time. i can honestly give a good review on his forum destroyer (once i get off my lazy ass). you dont necessarily have to own something to give it a good review. case in point are brand demo days. like doug said you just have to give it an honest review based on your experience of a board and its capabilities based on the conditions you used it on.

This is a good point. How much time do you need to have on a board before you can post a useful review on a board? I will hit up Burton Demo Days this year and probably test 15 boards. Obviously over the three day period I will only experience so much variation in conditions. Is it still helpful to write a review on a board that you spend 4 hours on or 2 hours or even 1 hour. The first time I rode the Custom X I thought this is the best bombing stick I have ever ridden. Two years later my opinion of the board has not changed. I think it can be helpful to the others as long as you state the conditions you tested the board in and what paces you put the board through specifically. What do you guys think?

Kool, thank's for the reply, learned something new. There is also a reply to users review, can possibly ask them a question there. You might not get a reply but worth a shot?
You two with the wigwams can now review the socks haha Alert the future consumers.
As for a good pair of socks, I use the Underamour Snow socks. they're not too bad. Fairly warm, a little thick, they stay on your leg and don't drop down to your ankles. They do however stretch out at the feet after a while. They wick which is good and not at the same time. What ends up happening is the moisture gets soaked into your boot lining instead.. then it just starts to smell. Happened to me when it go wet in my boot somehow.. melted snow i'm presuming.
Thought I'd give that out there since we were talking bout socks.

Negativity FTW! I actually did see Underarmour snow socks at the store and they didn't seem bad at all and pretty thick too, well at least more than the Wigwams but not as thick as the Burton. I'm actually thinking of picking up a pair of Underarmour since their coldgear hasn't disappointed me so I'm sure their socks are rocking as well and TS is letting me keep the socks and refunding me for them plus a little something something but that's for shipping me the wrong size and color on a few pairs.

Price should have nothing to do with the topic on hand because then you could say people shouldn't review locks, scrapper and wax because they're such low priced items, but there's a ton of threads requesting for reviews for these so called low priced items. The only item I think is useless in term of reviews is stickers.

I'm just getting back into snowboarding after a 5-6 year span of only going occasionally and found some of the reviews to be a big help in finding out about what gear was going to be right for me. Then I saw a lot of complete garbage that had nothing to offer for insight at all.

This site is so awesome when used for more than just points. It'd be nice if more people took the time and effort to write quality reviews to help out their fellow boarders.

Hopefully this helps. But I doubt the people who perpetuate these crap reviews will even look at this.

Originally posted by jhoang6

@ angrymidget Yo What sort of things are you looking for in a review for socks? Socks are socks...what more can you say about them?

Durability and fit. I have some Eesa and Forum socks, loved the fit but they tore at the ankle seams after less than half a season (probably less than 5 days apiece). I'm personally partial to Smartwool Ph.D socks. There is value in reviewing those things... it's just most people don't take it seriously and just try to stockpile the points.

A set minimum amount of words would help a bit or they could just say more crap like really cool, my friend has it, and it is really really really and I mean really cool and I bought one too and it is really cool so buy it because it is really cool.

I agree people who make those horrible one liner reviews don't even read these threads because they're still doing it along with new members.

A set minimum amount of words would help a bit or they could just say more crap like really cool, my friend has it, and it is really really really and I mean really cool and I bought one too and it is really cool so buy it because it is really cool. I agree people who make those horrible one liner reviews don't even read these threads because they're still doing it along with new members.

This is very true. but still, it would deter the lazier people from even trying.

You know I really love the reviews of womens products on this site. There's a lot where the bf/husband/significant other writes it and contributes nothing but she likes the graphics and she didn't fall or she didn't complain about the cold. It's the first board I purchased for her and she loves it.

How is that a legitimate review? I hate reviews like that because I know these guys will never use the product and have no first hand knowledge of said product.

It just boggles my mind how people do not understand the concept of a review. I mean...seriously...I just can't understand.

Thanks for the heads-up. There are many times I was tempted to write a review for my wife's stuff based on what she told me, but thought I didn't have enough info to actually review. Now I am sure.

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